New American Standard Bible 2020
Ecclesiastes 9:13-16
13ThisH2090 tooH1571 I sawH7200 as wisdomH2451 underH8478 the sunH8121, and 1it impressedH1419 me:
14there 2was a smallH6996 cityH5892 with fewH4592 menH376 in it, and a greatH1419 kingH4428 cameH935 to it, surroundedH5437 it, and constructedH1129 largeH1419 siegeworksH4685 againstH5921 it.
15But there was foundH4672 in it a 3poorH4542 wiseH2450 manH376, and he 4savedH4422 the cityH5892 5by his wisdomH2451. Yet 6noH3808 oneH120 rememberedH2142 that poorH4542 manH376.
16So I saidH559, “7WisdomH2451 is betterH2896 thanH4480 strengthH1369.” But the wisdomH2451 of the poorH4542 manH4542 is despisedH959, and his wordsH1697 are 8ignoredH369H8085.
Notes
- 1. Ecclesiastes 9:13 Lit it was great to me ↩
- 2. Ecclesiastes 9:14 2 Sam 20:16-22 ↩
- 3. Ecclesiastes 9:15 Eccl 4:13 ↩
- 4. Ecclesiastes 9:15 Or might have saved ↩
- 5. Ecclesiastes 9:15 2 Sam 20:22 ↩
- 6. Ecclesiastes 9:15 Eccl 2:16; 8:10 ↩
- 7. Ecclesiastes 9:16 Prov 21:22; Eccl 7:12, 19 ↩
- 8. Ecclesiastes 9:16 Lit not listened to ↩
Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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